I am your Zone 8a grower, and perhaps people in the warmer zones will do a report. Electric Mist has been here two years and I love it. The color combination is a real favorite of mine--really love that big green throat and the purple color of the flower. It certainly stands out for me. This plant began blooming May 12 and it is just now finishing up because after the initial scapes, it produced two new scapes--not bad, I say, over two and a half months of flowers. One thing, it will rust, but in our garden, it has not been decimated by the rust like some of our other DLS have. I will tolerate the rust because I love those flowers.
